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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Matthew A. Hanlon, O'Fallon, MO (US);
James C. Easley, Cottleville, MO (US);
Robert F. Spetzler, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Matthew A. Hanlon, O'Fallon, MO (US);
James C. Easley, Cottleville, MO (US);
Robert F. Spetzler, Paradise Valley, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Synergetics, Inc., O'Fallon, MO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Disposable, bipolar electrosurgical forceps are designed to prevent the sticking of body tissue to the tips of the forceps and include a pair of electrode arms having lengths with opposite proximal and distal ends, with thin layers of biocompatible metal on the forceps arm distal ends and bipolar electrical conductors permanently secured to the forceps arm proximal ends.